UPDATE: ROMM BANS IPCC SCIENTIST!: – UN IPCC Scientist Rips Romm’s understanding of climate science; calls Romm ‘a blatant liar’

Update #3: Courtney Responds to being banned (But Romm did not post it): Courtney wrote to Romm:Your behaviour demonstrates that you are not only a liar. You are a charlatan, too.”

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Update #2: Romm to Courtney: ‘You are banned…’

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Update #1: Joe Romm responds to criticism and UN IPCC Scientist Richard Courtney fires back:

Romm Wrote to Courtney: “But it DOES say that. The underestimating, lowballing IPCC only projects the low range if we get OFF our current emissions path. Try reading the post before revealing your denier ignorance. The rest of your comment is snipped.”

Courtney Responded to Romm:
You like calling others names but seem to not like it when they respond.
The facts are what they are. The IPCC projections are what they are; i.e. a range of global temperature rise from 1990 temperatures of between 1.4 to 5.8°C by 2100.

I stated fact by quoting the IPCC projections. Your claiming that “science” says “we’re going to warm more than 4°C by century’s end” is a lie.

You lied (yet again) and now you try to excuse your lie. There can be no acceptable excuse.

Richard

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[Original Note From Richard Courtney. A UN IPCC expert reviewer and a UK based atmospheric science consultant, who is featured on page 224 of the U.S. Senate Report of More Than 700 Dissenting Scientists Over Man-Made Global Warming.]

Courtney’s Email:

From: Richard Courtney
Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 4:08 AM
To: Marc Morano
Subject: A posting to Romm

Dear Marc:

Your Climate Depot provides a link titled: “Climate Fear Promoter Joe Romm: ‘The tragic hubris of the climate action delayers'” by Joe Romm of Climate Progress.

I have posted a comment to that item and my comment is “awaiting moderation” at Romm’s website. (I suspect it will not appear).

I copy my comment below.

All the best

Richard

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Mr Romm:

It seems that I owe you an apology.

In the above article you write:
“Many of these are people I’ve called the climate action delayers (CADs) — the folks who claim to believe in the science of global warming but obviously don’t, the folks who substitute their own opinion for an understanding of the actual science.”

And in the same article you write:
“On our current emissions path, we’re going to double CO2 concentrations not “during the course of the century”

Oops! Shades of Gore: Joe Romm’s research comes up short: Unknowingly Uses Skeptical NASA Moonwalker Schmitt to Rail on Global Warming Skeptics

Former Clinton Administration official and climate fear promoter Joe Romm — followed in the footsteps of former Vice President Al Gore — by linking skeptics of man-made global warming fears to those who believe the 1969 moon landing was staged. (Note: Romm and Climate Depot’s Morano debated global warming in March 2009. See: Morano debates former Clinton Official Romm – April 6, 2009)

The embarrassing problem for Romm is that he — unknowingly — used one of the most prominent global warming skeptics, NASA moonwalker Harrison “Jack” Schmitt, in an attempt to “prove” climate skeptics are akin to those who believe the moonlanding was staged.

Schmitt, who flew on the Apollo 17 mission, declared in 2008:

“The ‘global warming scare’ is being used as a political tool to increase government control over American lives, incomes and decision making. It has no place in the Society’s activities.”

But Romm, in his July 20, 2009 article railing on climate skeptics, failed to do basic research on moonwalker Schmitt’s skeptical climate views. Romm approvingly cited Schmitt’s scientific views in an article at Climate Progress that was intending to smear climate skeptics.

Romm asserted: “I’m just drawing the painfully straight line from the moon hoax people to the climate hoax people.” (Romm followed in Gore’s footsteps: See: Moonwalkers Defy Gore: NASA Astronaut Dr. Buzz Aldrin and Jack Schmitt reject global warming fears: Defy Gore’s Claim That Climate Skeptics Are Akin To Those Who Believe Moon Landing was ‘Staged’ – July 3, 2009)

Romm approvingly quoted Schmitt rejecting moon landing conspiracy theories.

“If people decide they’re going to deny the facts of history (about the moonlanding) and the facts of science and technology, there’s not much you can do with them,” Schmitt said.

Romm agreed with Schmitt’s assessment about conspiracy theorists who think the moonlanding was staged, declaring “precisely.” Romm then added, “Of course, denying the moon landing doesn’t hurt anybody. But denying our scientific understanding of climate science — and actively misleading the public — imperils the health and well-being of billions of people and generations yet to come.”

If only Romm had known Schmitt’s and NASA moonwalker Buzz Aldrin’s skeptical climate views, he could have avoided this latest embarrassment. Schmitt is an Award-Winning NASA Astronaut/Geologist, formerly of the Norwegian Geological Survey and the U.S. Geological Survey. Schmitt has received numerous awards in his career including the Space Center Superior

Flashback: Morano debates former Clinton Official Romm

Update: Climate Fear Promoters Angst Over TV Debate: Morano is ‘howitzer of climate skepticism’

Washington DC (ClimateDepot.com) On Sunday March 29, 2009, a rare event occurred on television. An actual debate about the man-made global warming fears took place on Roll Call TV. Watch this heated debate between Marc Morano, the executive editor and chief correspondent of ClimateDepot.com, and Joe Romm of ClimateProgress.org.

Watch Part 1 of Debate: Starts at 3:45 min. mark: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2009/04/03/global-warming-debate-morano-vs-climateprogresss-romm

Watch Part 2: Starts immediately. http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2009/04/03/global-warming-debate-morano-vs-climateprogresss-romm

Romm, a former Clinton Admin. Official (Acting Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy), repeatedly utilized ad hominem attacks during the debate. Romm also claimed the planet may warm up to 15F by end of the century! Romm also made other questionable claims about “green jobs.” [Note: Romm was just named by U.S. News & World Report: Romm as one of the 8 “most influential energy and environmental policymakers in the Obama era” – In addition, Romm comically questioned whether the bridge collapse in Minnesota was a result of man-made global warming & see Design failure (not CO2) evidently behind Minneapolis bridge collapse ]

Sampling of news coverage of rare global warming TV debate:

Marc Morano and Joe Romm debate the politics of climate change – UK Telegraph – By Milo Yiannopoulos April 5, 2009

Excerpt: “It was funny to hear Romm citing how many governments support the AGW [anthropogenic global warming] claims,” Marc wrote to me afterwards. “Romm used that point to ‘prove’ the ‘science’ was settled. Very alarming.” […] Marc Morano, former Republican director of communications for the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and Joe Romm, environmentalist blogger and author, just debated the politics of climate change on Roll Call TV. […] I’ve corresponded with Marc via email on several occasions. Each time, I’ve been impressed with his grasp of the science surrounding climate change. In this debate, he pretty much nails cap-and-trade, the “wealthy white politics” of the climate lobby and the flaws in the IPCC process. […] There’s a superb analysis of the debate over at Newsbusters – including a response from Romm. For some reason, I’ve been unable to embed the videos, so you’ll have to watch them there or over at Planet Gore.

No Wonder Climate Alarmists Refuse to Debate – ‘Morano calmly cleaned Romm’s clock’ – American Thinker – By Marc Sheppard – April 4, 2009

Excerpt: Morano